Distribution of volumes of individual glomeruli in kidneys at autopsy: Association with age, nephron number, birth weight and body mass index

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Hoy, W E ^a   Hughson, M D ^b   Zimanyi, M ^c   Samuel, T ^c   Douglas Denton, R ^c   Holden, L ^d   Mott, S ^a   Bertram, J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Birth weight; Body mass index; Glomerular volume variance; Individual glomerular volume; Kidney autopsies; Nephron number

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRON; ORGAN SIZE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRONS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 79851515878     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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